Richard Black

ZENON Membrane Solutions, Inc. manufactures water purification systems. The company sells membrane-filtration products and equipment for water-filtration systems. It markets its products to municipal drinking water and wastewater-treatment plants. The company was founded 1980 and is headquartered in Oakville, Canada.

Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies, Inc. provides nutrient recovery and phosphorus management solutions. Its chemical precipitation process removes phosphorous and ammonia (nitrogen) from a treatment facility's dewatering stream and creates pure crystalline pellets that are marketed as a commercial fertilizer called crystal green. The company was founded by Joseph E. McHugh, Don Mavinic, F. Phillip Abrary, Ahren T. Britton, and Edward Jones in 2005 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Microvi Biotech, Inc. develops clean and waste-free water treatment technologies. It offers scientifically-advanced biotechnologies available to clean water, preserve the environment, and protect human health. The firm also conducts extensive research and development programs designed to discover and implement novel solutions for a variety of environmental and human needs. The company was founded by Fatemeh Shirazi in 2004 and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

RBC Capital Partners Ltd. is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. founded in 1900. RBC Capital Partners Ltd. is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with offices across the globe.

VantagePoint Management, Inc. (VantagePoint) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Alan Edward Salzman, James D. Marver. The firm is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California with additional office in Beijing, China.

Alpha Plan GmbH supplies manufacturing technologies for membrane-based medical disposables .It Provides engineering services for turn key technologies for medical disposable production such as blood treatments; produces membrane-processing equipment. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Radeberg, Germany.

Walsingham Growth Partners (Walsingham Growth Partner) is a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 2003 by Richard C. Black. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory engages on research of environmental studies, nanoscience, and quantitative biology, physics and nuclear energy. The lab is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and managed by the University of California. It was founded in 1931 by Ernest Orlando Lawrence and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Scribble Technologies, Inc. provides end-to-end content engagement platform. The firm’s products include visually, ion interactive, engage, TrendHub and integrations. It also offers solutions like account-based marketing, demand generation, sales enablement, content marketing, live events, employee engagement, fan engagement and brand experiences. The company was founded by Jonathan Keebler and Michael De Monte in 2008 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Tasman Water Technologies Pty Ltd. provides technological water treatment solutions. It offers to food & Beverage Industries including abattoir, further processing, general food and soft drinks, metal processing industries, mining, municipal, ground water, pulp and paper, leather processing, power generation, and oil and gas. The company was founded on July 1, 2005 and is headquartered in Wetherhill Park, Australia.

International Dialyzer Technologies GmbH engages in the manufacture and sale of hemodialyzers. It focuses on renal replacement therapies. The company is headquartered in Radeberg, Germany.

First Ascent Ventures Management Inc (First Ascent Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Richard C. Black and Tony van Markenthey. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with additional office in California.

Cambrian Innovation, Inc. provides distributed wastewater treatment and resource recovery solutions. It specializes in bio electrochemical systems, wastewater, and energy. The company was founded by Matthew Silver and Justin Buck is headquartered in Watertown, MA.

Aquam USA, Inc. operates as a integrated pipe infrastructure solutions company that provides technology solutions to owners and operators of both water and natural gas pipe infrastructures. The firm provides pipe diagnostic, pipe rehabilitation and remote water metering and data management services. The company is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Upchain, Inc. develops and operates customized and automated workflows for data processing. It offers cloud PLM, cloud product data management, and workflows and integrations. The company was founded by John Laslavic in 2015 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Silvec Biologics, Inc. develops RNA therapies for trees. The company is based in Rockville, MD.

ENBALA Power Networks, Inc. provides smart grid technology solutions. Its solutions include virtual power plants, distributed energy resource management systems and analysis and planning. The company was founded by Malcolm Metcalfe and Richard C. Black in 2003 and is headquartered in North Vancouver, Canada.